"General, welcome to the Empire's embassy in Yan Huang. In your words, it's an honor to bring light to my humble abode!”Minister Harhausen's face was full of smiles.
"Minister, you are too polite.”Yuan Kewen said with a smile.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the conversation between the two sides entered the main topic.
"Minister, I have a business deal to discuss with you.”
"General, please speak!" Minister Harhausen smiled.
"I have been ordered to form an infantry division. I hope to purchase the required firearms from the Germanic Empire. I hope Your Excellency can give me a more favorable price!”Yuan Kewen said.
"Of course, that's not a problem at all. Even though this is our first time meeting. However, I believe that we will become friends. The weapons of our German Empire are definitely the most advanced weapons in the world. General, your army is equipped with our weapons and will definitely become the most powerful army in your country!”Minister Harhausen appeared very confident.
"I need 100,000 Mauser 98 rifles. I need 3,000 light machine guns. 1,000 MG08 heavy machine guns. 400 75mm field cannons. 120 105mm light howitzers. In addition, they had to prepare sufficient ammunition.”Yuan Kewen stated his purchasing requirements.
After hearing these requests, the smile on Minister Harhausen's face grew even wider, and he was overjoyed.
Without a doubt, this was a big buyer!
"General, does your infantry division need so many weapons and equipment?”Minister Harhausen couldn't help but ask.
"Your Excellency, my troops may not need so many weapons and equipment at the moment. However, my army will soon expand. At that time, he would naturally need more weapons and equipment. If he bought the equipment now, he would not have to worry about it anymore.”Yuan Kewen replied.
Minister Harhausen nodded and gave Yuan Kewen a deep look.
As the envoy of the Germanic Empire to the Qing Empire and the current envoy to the Yanhuang Kingdom, he had a deep understanding of Yuan Datou and his family.
Yuan Kewen was previously just a playboy who loved music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
He did not expect that he would reveal such great ambition now.
"General, I've calculated that these weapons and equipment cost a total of 45 million Imperial Marks. If converted to silver, it would cost a total of 9 million silver. Of course, we are friends, so I can give you a discount. Just give you 8.5 million taels of silver!”Minister Harhausen said with a smile.
This was also a big deal for the Germanic Empire.
Hearing this price, Yuan Kewen couldn't help but twitch his lips.
All the funds he had now added up were not enough to pay for this.
"Minister, we are already friends. In that case, wasn't the discount a little too little? If your country can show enough sincerity, I can even persuade my father to buy all our weapons from the German Empire in the future.”Yuan Kewen began to write empty promises.
Although Minister Harhausen didn't quite believe Yuan Kewen's words, it would be a great success for the Germanic Empire if it could really be realized.
Once the Beiyang government's army was fully equipped with the weapons and equipment of the German Empire. Then, the influence of the Germanic Empire in Yanhuang Country would be greatly increased.
"General, this is a wise choice. Your country's army is equipped with weapons and equipment from various countries. This is definitely a disaster for your logistics. Our weapons and equipment are definitely the most advanced in the world. Once your country's army is equipped with our weapons, their combat strength will definitely be even stronger!”Minister Harhausen said.
"How about this, you only need to pay eight million taels of silver for the firearms!”Minister Harhausen said.
But to Yuan Kewen, he couldn't even afford eight million taels of silver!
Yuan Kewen began to rack his brains on how to get these firearms from the Germanic people at the lowest cost.
Suddenly, he had an idea.
"Minister, I want to use another method to trade. I wonder if it's possible.”Yuan Kewen said.
"Another method? Tell me, General." Minister Harhausen raised his eyebrows.
"I'll use the detailed parameters of a top-secret weapon from the Germanic Empire's old enemy, the Gaul Kingdom, in exchange for this batch of firearms!”Yuan Kewen said.
"Oh? What weapon?" Minister Harhausen was immediately interested.
"The M1797 field cannon of the Gauls. This was the most advanced artillery of the Gauls, and it was regarded as the most important infantry support artillery by the Gauls. And I guarantee that the true specifications of this cannon will definitely surprise you.”Yuan Kewen said confidently.
Betraying the Gauls and obtaining a large number of firearms from the Germanic people was not a psychological burden for Yuan Kewen.
Anyway, the Gaul was not a good person.
This could be considered a big gift to the Germanic people.
Perhaps it would allow the Germanic people to slaughter more Gauls in future wars, further weakening the strength of the Gauls.
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